Summer is almost over and Tom Nutcracker is soon to go to school. in its use.: ).
I am in the Learned company of Shakespeare, Disraeli, Wodehouse et al.
It dates from circa 1300 and extends into our times.
PS - the humorous use of the word \'learned\' instead of \'taught\' in the subtitle, while colloquial, is correct.
The Alphabet is a large format, full color book, suitable for children from late kindergarten to grade three - and for teachers or homeschoolers seeking to enrich the art of learning to write.
The Alphabet is filled with stories, songs, pictures, plays and adventures silly and bold.
Whether your child knows their alphabet or not Pine Cone and Pepper Pot guarantee that they will see the letters and their shapes with new and creative eyes.
Tom\'s younger sister, June Berry, insists on being taught too, and never will they, or anyone else who reads this tale, forget their ABC\'s - or their LMNOP\'s or QRST\'s either.
A huge disasterSo the two gnomes, with the Help of Tiptoes Lightly and Farmer John, set out to teach Tom his letters.
That would be a disaster.
He might even spell the famous Tiptoes Lightly as TOESPIT THIGLLY.
What if the school does not teach Tom his letters properly? What if the teacher messes the alphabet up? Then Tom might spell Pine Cone as NEPI NOEC, or Pepper Pot as PREPREP TOP.
But deep in the forest on his father\'s farm two gnomes called Pine Cone and Pepper Pot are worried.
Summer is almost over and Tom Nutcracker is soon to go to school
